{"id":12825,"date":"2014-08-10T12:05:58","date_gmt":"2014-08-10T11:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=12825"},"modified":"2014-08-10T15:34:48","modified_gmt":"2014-08-10T14:34:48","slug":"using-a-polar-bond-to-flip-on-the-knife-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=12825","title":{"rendered":"Using a polar bond to flip: on the knife-edge!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kcite-section\" kcite-section-id=\"12825\">\n<p>In my\u00a0<a title=\"Using a polar bond to flip the (stereochemical) outcome of a pericyclic reaction.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=12782\" target=\"_blank\">first post<\/a> on the topic, I discussed how inverting the polarity of the C-X bond from X=O to X=Be (scheme below) could flip the stereochemical course of the electrocyclic pericyclic reaction of a divinyl system. This was <a title=\"Using a polar bond to flip: a follow up project.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=12810\" target=\"_blank\">followed up<\/a> by exploring what\u00a0happens at the half way stage, <em>i.e.<\/em> X=CH<sub>2<\/sub>, the answer being that\u00a0one gets an <strong><em>antarafacial<\/em><\/strong> pathway as with X=O. Here I fill in another gap, X=BH to see if a metaphorical microscope can be used to view the actual region of the &#8220;flip&#8221; to a <strong><em>suprafacial<\/em><\/strong> mode.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/divinylketon.svg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12783\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/divinylketon.svg\" alt=\"divinylketon\" width=\"350\" \/><\/a> This time, uniquely, it proved possible to locate TWO transition states for this process, one <em>suprafacial<\/em><span id=\"cite_ITEM-12825-0\" name=\"citation\"><a href=\"#ITEM-12825-0\">[1]<\/a><\/span> and one <em>antarafacial<\/em><span id=\"cite_ITEM-12825-1\" name=\"citation\"><a href=\"#ITEM-12825-1\">[2]<\/a><\/span>, this latter being 10.5 kcal\/mol lower in \u0394G<sup>\u2020<\/sup> (\u03c9B97XD\/6-311G(d,p)\/SCRF=dichloromethane). It is quite rare to be able to find BOTH stereochemical outcomes of a thermal pericyclic reaction.<sup>\u2021<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>First, the antarafacial IRC (X=BH)<span id=\"cite_ITEM-12825-2\" name=\"citation\"><a href=\"#ITEM-12825-2\">[3]<\/a><\/span>. There are several interesting features. Note at IRC = -8, the divinyl compound appears as a <em><strong>Hidden Intermediate<\/strong> <\/em>(HI), having formed from a compound where the HB=C substituent has ring opened from a cyclobutene-like precursor (initial electrocyclic). If you watch the animation, you can see the antarafacial bond\u00a0forming from the <strong>bottom<\/strong> face of the vinyl group on the left to the <strong>top<\/strong> face of the vinyl group in the HI on the right (antarafacial=conrotation). Because the entire process is concerted (no real intermediates participate), we have here an unusual <em>pericyclic cascade<\/em> where one electrocyclic reaction is immediately followed by another quite different one.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BH-antaraa.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12839\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BH-antaraa.gif\" alt=\"BH-antaraa\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BH-antara.svg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12841\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BH-antara.svg\" alt=\"BH-antara\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BH-antaraG.svg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12840\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BH-antaraG.svg\" alt=\"BH-antaraG\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a> Now for the suprafacial IRC<span id=\"cite_ITEM-12825-3\" name=\"citation\"><a href=\"#ITEM-12825-3\">[4]<\/a><\/span>. It is pretty similar to the previous path, but again if you inspect very carefully you will see that it is the <strong>TOP<\/strong> face of the vinyl group on the left forming the bond to the <strong>TOP<\/strong> face of the vinyl group on the right (suprafacial\/disrotation). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BH-supraa.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12842\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BH-supraa.gif\" alt=\"BH-supraa\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BH-supra.svg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12849\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BH-supra.svg\" alt=\"BH-supra\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BH-supraG.svg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12850\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BH-supraG.svg\" alt=\"BH-supraG\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a> You might ask if the molecules used here are realistic,<em> i.e.<\/em> could they form the basis of real reactions to be conducted in a laboratory? Well, the C=B-C fragment has 9 hits in the CCDC crystal database (none for C=B-H). One example is cited here.<span id=\"cite_ITEM-12825-4\" name=\"citation\"><a href=\"#ITEM-12825-4\">[5]<\/a><\/span>. So, yes, possibly a realistic system, except the barriers do look too high. Perhaps suitable substituents might help? But even if this could not be carried out in a test-tube,\u00a0it does teach one about pericyclic reactions and how one might manipulate them.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><sup>\u2021<\/sup>One such is the [1,6] sigmatropic shift in homotropylium cation involving migration of a Me<sub>2<\/sub>C<sup>+<\/sup> group, where the &#8220;allowed&#8221; process in which the migrating group retains its configuration has a barrier of 17.7 kcal\/mol and the &#8220;forbidden&#8221; route where the migrating group inverts its configuration with a barrier of 38.6 kcal\/mol (thanks to Alex Genaev; I will strive to make the coordinates available <em>via<\/em> the repository shortly).<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n    <ol class=\"kcite-bibliography csl-bib-body\"><li id=\"ITEM-12825-0\">H.S. Rzepa, \"Gaussian Job Archive for C5H7B\", 2014. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.6084\/m9.figshare.1133933\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.6084\/m9.figshare.1133933<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"ITEM-12825-1\">H.S. Rzepa, \"Gaussian Job Archive for C5H7B\", 2014. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.6084\/m9.figshare.1133934\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.6084\/m9.figshare.1133934<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"ITEM-12825-2\">H.S. Rzepa, \"Gaussian Job Archive for C5H7B\", 2014. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.6084\/m9.figshare.1133936\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.6084\/m9.figshare.1133936<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"ITEM-12825-3\">H.S. Rzepa, \"Gaussian Job Archive for C5H7B\", 2014. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.6084\/m9.figshare.1134015\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.6084\/m9.figshare.1134015<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"ITEM-12825-4\">M. Menzel, H.J. Winkler, T. Ablelom, D. Steiner, S. Fau, G. Frenking, W. Massa, and A. Berndt, \"Diborylcarbenes as Reactive Intermediates in Double 1,2\u2010Rearrangements with Low Activation Enthalpies\", <i>Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English<\/i>, vol. 34, pp. 1340-1343, 1995. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/anie.199513401\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/anie.199513401<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<\/div> <!-- kcite-section 12825 -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my\u00a0first post on the topic, I discussed how inverting the polarity of the C-X bond from X=O to X=Be (scheme below) could flip the stereochemical course of the electrocyclic pericyclic reaction of a divinyl system. This was followed up by exploring what\u00a0happens at the half way stage, i.e. X=CH2, the answer being that\u00a0one gets [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":5,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[559,1086],"tags":[1250,1249,1251],"ppma_author":[2661],"class_list":["post-12825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pericyclic","category-reaction-mechanism-2","tag-alex-genaev","tag-hawaii","tag-hb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Using a polar bond to flip: on the knife-edge! - Henry Rzepa&#039;s Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=12825\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Using a polar bond to flip: on the knife-edge! - Henry Rzepa&#039;s Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In my\u00a0first post on the topic, I discussed how inverting the polarity of the C-X bond from X=O to X=Be (scheme below) could flip the stereochemical course of the electrocyclic pericyclic reaction of a divinyl system. 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From an entirely different area of chemistry, another example of this behaviour emerges; Schreiner's trapping and reactions of t-butyl-hydroxycarbene, as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;pericyclic&quot;","block_context":{"text":"pericyclic","link":"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?cat=559"},"img":{"alt_text":"H-mig","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/H-mig.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4592,"url":"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=4592","url_meta":{"origin":12825,"position":5},"title":"The stereochemistry of  [8+2] pericyclic cycloadditions.","author":"Henry Rzepa","date":"July 10, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Steve Bachrach has blogged on the reaction shown below. If it were a pericyclic cycloaddition, both new bonds would form simultaneously, as shown with the indicated arrow pushing. 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